MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON
FRIDAY. AUGUST 17. 1962
Research Increases' Utilization of Forests
The colorful era of trans
forming North America's vir
gin forests into thriving and
well-managed timber stands is
passing into history, leaving
a rich imprint of song and
legend on the pioneer heri
tage of this continent.
The forests, which played
an important part in the set
tlement of the frontiers, con
tinue to represent a living and
powerful force in the lives of
the people.
The United States today is
well along in a vast transition
from this initial phase in the
history of its forests into a
new era of scientific forest
management. Forest indus
tries have become permanent
members of their communi
ties, and the concept of grow
ing trees as a perpetual crop
on Tree Farm Lands has tak
en firm hold.
There is growing recogni
tion by the people that the
forest resource requires intel
ligent management and wise
utilization to bring about
maximum benefits.
Profitable Markets
The increasingly higher lev
els of management applied to
forests in the United States
are the result of an economic
factor of basic importance -increasing
and more profita
ble markets for wood.
Forest industries, with new
knowledge gained from re
search, have made giant
strides in the last decade in
using more of each harvested
tree by turning leftovers into
wood chips for paper; by cre
ating new industries to manu
facture particleboard, hard
board, softboard, and many
other new products; and by
discovering uses for timber
species formerly unmerchant
able. All of these have helped
raise the value of trees to the
point where high levels of
forest management have be
come economically feasible.
The forests of the United
States today support the na
tion's fourth largest industrial
structure. Current progress in
genetics, forest management,
timber utilization and devel
opment of new products, to
gether with new chemical
uses of the tree now dawning
on the horizon, hold promise
of an increasingly significant
role for the industrial forester
on the American scene.
Widely Diversified
The structure of the forest
industries in the United
States is widely diversified
and complex. It consists of
about 57,000 different compa
nies in all categories of size,
most of them small and many
family owned.
Companies which own and
manage most of the industry
owned forest land are in turn
owned by more than 350,000
shareholders representing a
cross-section of the people of
the United States.
Without sacrificing individ
ual rights of land ownership
and other individual freedoms
of choice and action, the Unit
ed States passed from an era
of forest liquidation to one
of highly developed forestry
practices all within the past
50 years.
Progress in the manage
ment and utilization of the
many forest types and species
found in the United States is
proceeding at an accelerated
rate. In the forefront of this
march of progress are the for
est industries.
Forest Area
The total forest area of the
United States, including the
new states of Alaska and Ha
waii, is. 775 million acres.
The area from which tim
ber harvests are available-the
commercial forest area-is 535
million acres. This leaves 240
million acres of forest lands
classed as non - commercial,
which includes lands incapa
ble of commercial timber pro
duction, lands that are inac
cessible, and lands set aside
for parks, wilderness, game
refuges, military installations,
and other uses.
Sixty-seven per cent of the
commercial forest land, or
357 million acres, is private
ly owned. It is held by farm
ers, industries, investors, and
other private owners who pay
taxes on the land. From the
privately owned forests comes
about 85 per cent of the wood
used by the wood-processing
industries.
Thirty-three per cent of the
commercial forest land, or
178 million acres, is owned by
government-federal, state or
local. These lands supply
about 15 per cent of the wood
used in the country.
Privately Owned Lands
The lorcst industries look
to the privately owned lands
for a major part of the raw
material needed to meet the
nation's demand for wood
products, except in some
western regions where gov
ernment lands make a sub
stantial contribution to the
raw material supply.
More than 92 per cent of
the industry - owned forests
are being operated under per
manent manacement for con
tinuous forest cropt.
Most industry-owned forest
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FIRST MOVERS The first "prime movers" wheels were solid wood, sliced from a log
in the Pacific Northwest logging were oxen and banded with steel. (American Forest
teams such as the one shown here, hauling Products Industries photo)
ponderosa pine logs in the 1800's. Cart
lands, while managed primar
ily for production of timber
crops are open to the public
for hunting, fishing and other
recreational uses.
A recent survey (1960)
showed 92.3 per cent of these
lands open to hunters in sea
son and 97.4 per cent open to
fishermen. Lands open to fish-
n g contain approximately
40,000 miles of stream banks.
The part played by indus
try's timberlands in providing
the nation's growing recrea
tional needs is becoming in
creasingly important. The 518
companies covered in the sur
vey reported annual recrea
tion visits to their timber-
lands now total 6,057,660.
The forest industries coop
erate closely with the govern
ment and with the forestry
schools in research in all
! phases of forestry.
I In addition to the research
done on their own lands and
j in their own laboratories, the
j forest industries provide mon
iey for special projects by gov
ernment and forestry schools.
These researcn activities in
clude studies in growing su
perior strains of trees and
If
growing them faster; estab
lishing new crops quickly and
economically after logging;
finding means of reducing
damage by insects, diseases
and forest animals; develop
ing methods and equipment
for controlling forest fires
promptly and efficiently.
They also include studies lead
ing to greater use of logging
and milling leftovers, low
grade trees, and tree species
for merly considered unus
able, and to the prompt salv-
SELDOM SEEN A logging truck the pub
lic sees, this specially built rig hauls up to
50 tons of logs, far in excess of public high
way limits, over a private logging highway
system operated by Brooks-Scanlon Lum-
ber company of Bend. Here, a ponderosa
pine log is hoisted into place for the 50-mile
trip to the mill. Bed of the truck is 10 feet
wide. (American Forest Products Industries
photo)
age of trees killed or doomed
by natural forces.
The cornerstone of indus
try's approach to the job of
growing trees for a growing
nation is the American Tree
Farm system.
A certified Tree Farm may
be any privately owned forest
land voluntarily used for
growing crops of trees. The
owner protects his timber
from fire, insects, diseases and
destructive grazing. He har
vests his trees in a way to in
sure rccstablishment of the
forest.
There are no membership
dues in the Tree Farm pro
grain, no subsidies, no assess
ments. The tree farmer grows
trees as a crop because it is
good business. From industry
he gets a certificate of mem
bership in the American Tree
Farm system and a Tree Farm
sign to display on his property.
Negro Charges
Discrimination
In Rental Try
Portland UPI' Hearing on
a case in which a Negro
charges violation of state civil
rights laws over renting of an
apartment was held Thursday
before Labor Commissioner
Norman O. Nilsen.
Nathan Jones charged that
Al A. Parent refused to rent
him an apartment.
Parent, owner of apart
ments on Southwest Tcrwilli
ger blvd., said he had not re
fused to rent to Jones because
the latter is a Negro. He said
he had a waiting list for an
unfinished apartment and
could not rent the unit until
it was ready for occupancy.
Cards Submitted
Parent said a woman was
first on the list and was ad
mitted to the apartment when
it was ready.
Jones' attorney, J. J. Bel
ton, presented a note of intro
duction and voting cards
which Jones submitted to
three tenants in the four-unit
building. Parent did say he
wanted Jones to appraise the
other tenants' feelings toward
his presence, emphasizing it
was to help Jones decide
whether he would encounter
hostility or congeniality
should he and his family rent
the apartment.
Parent said he would have
rented to Jones despite any
opposition had not other pros
pective tenants been ahead of
him on a priority list.
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Started in 1941, the Amer
ican Tree Farm system is ac
tive in 48 of the 50 states.
Each year about 3 million
acres are added to its rolls.
Total area in certified Tree
Farms passed 60 million acres
in 1962.
More than 1,900 technical
foresters serve as inspectors
to help maintain good stand
ards of forest management on
the private lands enrolled as
certified Tree Farms.
Forest land management
through tree fanning has as
its primary objective the
growing of repeated ciops of
trees. The forest practices and
forest protection necessary to
accomplish this objective usu
ally result in many additional
benefits, among them water
shed protection, preservation
of the soil, recreation and
maintenance of forage for
game. Multiple use is an in
herent part of tree farming on
private forest lands.
Sound Management
The future of the forest in
dustries of the United States
is underwritten by sound for
est management and increas
ing uses of wood. Continued
adequate supplies of wood and
wood products figure largely
in the lives of the people. The
forests of this country are
growing more wood than is
being removed from them.
However, there are some lo
cal shortages, limited supplies
of a few species, and an over
abundance of low-q u a 1 1 1 y
trees in some arcs. Good for
est management is being ex
tended to more and more of
the privately owned forest
lands. The people are recog
nizing the value of their forest
resource and the need for pro
tecting and managing it wise
ly.
The forest industries will
continue to play an important
role in improving forest prac
tices and bringing about bet
ter utilization of forest products.
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